L12161

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Lot 150
  • 150

Andy Warhol

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 GBP
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Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Reigning Queens: Queen Elizabeth II (Royal Edition) (F. & S. II.334A-349A)
  • screenprint
  • Each sheet: 998 by 800mm; 39 3/8 by 31 1/2 in
The complete set of four screenprints in colours with diamond dust, 1985, each signed in pencil, inscribed numbered R 22/30, with the printer's blindstamp, Rupert Jasen Smith, NY, published by George C. P. Mulder, Amsterdam, on Lenox Museum Board

Condition

The full sheets printed to the edges, in good condition apart from the hinges pressing through slightly, framed. Very minor imperfections in the individual sheets are as follows: F. & S. II.334 a narrow strip of the paper at the lower sheet edge verso (measuring 15 cm length) has separated from the printed recto and been removed. This does not affect the printed image and is not visible recto. F. & S. II.335 and 337 both have a very minor surface scratch in the background at upper left that is only visible in a raking light. F. & S. II.334, 336 and 337 show various very minor printing imperfections in the backgrounds (these are not defects).
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